Deputy Speaker Thilanga Sumathipala adjourned the Parliament for ten minutes this afternoon. The Parliament was adjourned due to a tense situation that arose in the parliament when a group of opposition MPs started displaying of banners saying "No Hybrid Courts". According to the Government Information Department t he Leader of House Lakshman Kiriella said that the Prime Minister and the Foreign Affairs Minister are out of the island at present and as such a debate in this regard could be arranged at a latter date. The Parliament recommenced after 10 minutes.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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